Wednesday, January 4, 2012
A Certain Middle School...
A certain middle school has placed all low achieving students in one class, I am told. If this is true...What happened to heterogeneous grouping? What are the demographics of these low achieving students? I thought we didn't have homogeneous grouping in Norwalk. Does this mean that the Board of Education condones the practice of grouping minority students in one class? Does this mean Norwalk schools are now allowing homogeneous grouping at all levels? Would someone please educate us on what is going on?
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That's quite a chain of speculative questions. Perhaps you could start by identifying the middle school in question.
ReplyDeleteNathan Hale is what I overheard.
ReplyDeleteOverheard? Eavesdropping, are we?
ReplyDeleteGuess it's true if someone is that upset about it! Board of Education members, want to comment on this or is it a deep dark secret?
ReplyDeleteThis will need to be monitored very closely. Not just by local administrators but also by parents. What is the intent of such seperation - what is the goal in doing this? Are they preping these kids for CMTs so they can reach a higher level? One will have to question their reason for doing this with the students. I need more before judging
ReplyDeleteBad news for the BoE-haters . . . .
ReplyDeleteSusan Marks knows about the Nathan Hale program and allowed the extra staff to be assigned to it. She approved it.
Here's the story that I heard- now, this could all be poppycock, but it all sounds very credible. The program uses a special ed teacher to give focused assistance to the students (and they are not all minorities) to help them on the CMT with Reading and Writing. The Special Ed director wanted to move that special ed teacher to another school. Sue Haynie complained to Susan Marks about the move. Susan Marks runs over the Special Ed director and saves the program.
Here's the kicker- the program works, but the special ed teacher isn't certified to English Language Arts.
If the program works and no one is discriminated against, is it really a bad thing? Don't we want principals who think out of the box?
ReplyDelete6:54 AM, I believe the point is that this practice is against Board policy and may even be labeled as discriminatory. If what has been said is true, more than 90 percent of the students are minorities. Are you saying that it is all right for a principal to defy Board of Education policy? AND if the teacher is not certified to teach in that subject area, is that okay with you too? So you think as long as it seems to work,( and by whose standards) it's fine for the B of Ed to look the other way? What precedent are you condoning? In my humble opinion, you are on very dangerous grounds. Enough said.
ReplyDeleteYes, we would want to encourage thinking outside the box, but not if it is in violation of state and federal law.
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